War & Conflict · August, 2026

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War & Conflict · August, 2026

Stories about War & Conflict from August, 2026

Amid political and economic pressure, Brazil sees a rise in land conflicts and the murders of Indigenous people

In 2025, 258 Indigenous people were killed in the country, according to Cimi (Missionary Indigenist Council)

Written by Fernanda Canofre

3 weeks ago

Who are the M23 Rebels in eastern DRC?

Instability in North Kivu, DRC, has significant impacts on the country’s political future

Written by Jean Sovon

Translated by Laura

3 weeks ago

Escalation of sexual violence raises alarm in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Between December 2025 and February 2026, more than 1,100 rape cases were recorded in South Kivu, eastern DRC

Written by IciCongo

Translated by Laura

3 weeks ago

Conflict-displaced women facing growing risk of sexual violence in eastern DRC

Most rape victims stay silent

Written by IciCongo

Translated by Laura

4 weeks ago

‘Silence has become both more dangerous and more complicit’: An interview with Lebanese-British artist, Amale Khlat

The question of how suffering is consumed, quickly, emotionally, without depth, is the subject of the work as much as its content

Written by Omid Memarian

4 weeks ago

What it is like to run a business as a woman in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan

No area of women's lives is safe from the Taliban restrictions

Written by Global Voices Eurasia

12 August 2026

In Japan, Ryūkyūan Indigenous claim hindered by U.S. military bases in Okinawa

More than a century of forced assimilation policies have curbed the Ryūkyūan indigenous right movement

Written by Jo Carter

10 August 2026

Can AI help build peace? African youth are showing a path forward

Peacebuilding depends on understanding local narratives and community dynamics

Written by Peace News

9 August 2026

Whose conservation, whose development? The Maasai struggle over land in northern Tanzania

For sustainable and peaceful development, conservation should be people-centered

Written by Peace News

7 August 2026

What does home mean for people with no single territory connecting them?

For ethnic groups without a state, home can be an abstract concept

Written by Daria Dergacheva, Elmira Lyapina, Sydney Allen

7 August 2026

The anatomy of erasure: Indigenous Assyrian women and forgotten genocide

Sexual violence, state denial, and archival silence: three systems that work to disappear an Indigenous people

Written by Guest Contributor

5 August 2026

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